Sentences with phrase «seen labor participation»

Most developed countries have seen labor participation in agriculture decline rapidly in the past 100 years, says Eldert van Henten, a professor of agricultural science and head of the Farm Technology Group at Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands.

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In fact, a large enigma remains unresolved, in that the labor force participation rate has been trending lower for a long time and has returned to levels last seen in the 1970s.

That's good news to economists, who want to see the labor force participation rate return to pre-recession levels of about 66 percent.

The unemployment rate ticked back down to 4.3 %, matching the lowest level for 16 years seen in May, and there was further evidence that the solid demand from employers was helping to attract more entrants into the workforce, as the labor participation rate moved up a tenth to 62.9 %, close to the top of its recent range.

There are those who look at the high unemployment rates and low labor force participation of low - skill American workers and current residents and see a labor shortage.

Kashkari notes that the labor force participation and employment - population ratios, while showing improvement, have yet to come close to the levels seen prior to the Great Recession.

Although the unemployment rate fell from 9.4 to 9.0 percent in January, the economy only added 36,000 jobs, the labor force participation rate is falling rapidly and hit levels not seen since 1984.

The subpar growth reflects weak productivity growth, which has averaged less than 1 % over the past five years, and a low rate of labor force participation that remains at levels last seen in the 1970s.